Bernstein dances
Ballet

Bernstein dances

 

For the first time in the rich history of the Croatian ballet we connect two ballet ensembles of our national theatres for the purpose of cooperation, exchange and innovation, all tribute to the centenary of birth of the great Leonard Bernstein, American music and dance icon.

Bernstein dances

Igor Kirov presents us his author’s project Letters for Him based on the private letters of Leonard Bernstein, one of the 20th's century greatest composers and conductors. Bernstein’s letters tell much about this complex persona, his collaborators, mentors, and others close to him. These writings demonstrate Bernstein’s constant struggle between conventional and unconventional, his turbulent and complex sexuality, endless capacity for hard work, his humanity, warmth and wonderful eye for descriptive detail. Maša Kolar uses exquisite Beethoven's symphonies performed by the New York Philharmonic in 1968 in her choreography of Allegro. Considering that they were performed under the baton of conductor Leonard Bernstein, they represent a great background for her abstract impression of Bernstein's identity, his conducting skills and dance dimensions of his work.

ALLEGRO

 

Choreographer

Maša Kolar

Music

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Symphony No.5 in C minor, Symphony No.1 in C major, Symphony No. 7 in A major 

Assistant Choreographer and Dramaturgy

Maja Marjančić

Ballet Master

Elena Nikolaeva

LETTERS FOR HIM

 

Choreographer

Igor Kirov

Music

Leonard Bernstein

Serenade, after Plato: Symposium

Assistant Choreographer

Mojca Majcen

Ballet Master

Paula Rus

Costume and Set Designer

Aleksandra Ana Buković

Light Designer

Nuno César Teixeira Salsinha

Sound Designer

Petar Ivanišević

Production Assistant

Gorenka Žižić Jagar

Stage Manager

Iryna Nikolenko

ALLEGRO

 

Performing

Matea Milas, Ajla Kadrić, Jaclyn Ann Higgins, Ingeborg Hendrikx, Eva Karpilovska / Minori Nakayama, Salvatore Cerulli, Aaron Kok / Pavel Alexandrov, Nikita Zdravković, Ivan Boiko, Eugen Dobrescu (Remus Dimache)

 

 

 

 

 

 

LETTERS FOR HIM

 

Performing

Anca Zgurić, Ksenija Duran Krutova, Laura Orlić, Daniele Romeo, Svebor Zgurić, Ricardo Campos Freire, Michele Pastorini